Abstract
There is much discussion among IS academics in general and those who belong to IFIP WG 8.2 in particular of appropriate research methods and their underlying philosophical foundations. Discussion on research methods has tended to focus on the debate between those who advocate empirical methods based on validating models, frameworks, and hypotheses by means of surveys buttressed by an array of statistical tests, and the advocates of interpretive, qualitative research based on observation, interviews, and case studies. The debate has resulted in the publication of a comprehensive literature, part of which questions the validity of one or other of the approaches, but part of which attempts to define under what circumstances each is appropriate. Yet other discussants suggest the virtues of pluralistic approaches.
The original version of this chapter was revised: The copyright line was incorrect. This has been corrected. The Erratum to this chapter is available at DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-35489-7_33
Chapter PDF
References
Galliers, R. D, and Land, F. F. “Choosing Appropriate Information Systems Research Methodologies,” Communications of the ACM (30:1 1), November 1987.
Matthiassen, L. “Collaborative Practice Research” in Organizational and Social Perspectives on Information Technology, R. Baskerville, J. Stage, and J. I. DeGross (eds.), Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000, pp. 127–148.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2001 IFIP International Federation for Information Processing
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Land, F., Mathiassen, L., Galliers, B., Cushman, M., Baskerville, R. (2001). Collaboration Between Academics and Practitioners Using Action Research. In: Russo, N.L., Fitzgerald, B., DeGross, J.I. (eds) Realigning Research and Practice in Information Systems Development. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 66. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35489-7_31
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35489-7_31
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4757-6366-9
Online ISBN: 978-0-387-35489-7
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive